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Description: | 23rd August 1945
'Homes' exhibition sponsored by the Yorkshire Evening News at Lewis's store (Allders). This was the second exhibition which the newspaper had run, one having been held in 1944. The 1945 event attracted over 709,819 people. The crowd in this photo are admiring a display of light fittings and lamps. There are people and children of all ages, including men and women in service uniform. One lady (right of lamp in centre) is wearing a scarf wound onto her head in 'turban' fashion. This was widely adopted during the war to contain and protect the hair of women working in the factories. It became a popular fashion. To the right is a stand for the Leeds Permanent Building Society. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Exhibition | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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